diff --git a/src/builder/b-nspawn.c b/src/builder/b-nspawn.c
index 3272e91..2d289f7 100644
--- a/src/builder/b-nspawn.c
+++ b/src/builder/b-nspawn.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static const char * const runscript_win_next =
 #else
 
 static const char * const runscript_first =
-	"#!/bin/bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
+	"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 	"export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\n"
 #else
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static const char * const runscript_first =
 ;
 
 static const char * const runscript_next =
-	"#!/bin/bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
+	"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 	"export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\n"
 #else
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static const char * const runscript_next =
 ;
 
 static const char * const runscript_build =
-	"#!/bin/bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
+	"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n" /* use -x to see what it does for these */
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 	"export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\n"
 #else
diff --git a/src/builder/b-task.c b/src/builder/b-task.c
index f966291..3c938f8 100644
--- a/src/builder/b-task.c
+++ b/src/builder/b-task.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "b-private.h"
 
 const char *git_helper_sh =
-	"#!/bin/bash\n"
+	"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n"
 	"export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\n"
 	"set -e\n"
 	"echo \"git_helper_sh: starting\"\n"